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Facebook became popular without apps, true, but they have yet to prove how successful they are. Zynga is more profitable than facebook itself, that must mean so
by ignifero 16y ago
Facebook became popular without apps, true, but they have yet to prove how successful they are. Zynga is more profitable than facebook itself, that must mean something. It's just speculation, but i believe things will change as growth starts to plateau and everyone has caught up with their old schoolmates. As for microsoft, well, remember netscape.
- joe_the_user 16y agoZynga is more profitable than Facebook itself, that must mean something. Yes, it means something. The question is what. It might mean that Facebook has strong incentive to steal Zynga's business. Considering there are rumblings that Zynga is casting about for other platforms, Zynga might think so. If Facebook could be the home of many profitable apps that it had fair and transparent way of taking a cut from, then you could feel like Facebook was likely to keep its ecosystem working. Until then, it seems like anyone building on Facebook is subject to continuous risk of, as you imply, a sea-change in Facebook's operations.
- ignifero 16y agoBut that s what fb is already doing. They have a long term agreement with zynga to use fb credits exclusively, and they are extending that exclusivity to all developers starting this July